Conceptualising the use of Facebook in ethnographic research: As tool, as data and as context

Ethnography and Education

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-145

  Baker, Sally ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethical issues; Facebook; literacies; longitudinal research; methodology; transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878798190     PISSN: 17457823     EISSN: 17457831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457823.2013.792504     Document Type: Article

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